Business & Tech
Do You Want Julie Tremmel Back at WJAR-TV?
Tremmel was fired last month after she did a handstand on live television.
Julie Tremmel, the WJAR-TV reporter whose unusual report on bear attacks went viral last year, is drawing support after she was fired last month.
Tremmel was let go from the NBC affiliate after she performed a handstand while doing a live report about "America's Got Talent" auditions in Providence. You can watch the report in the YouTube video above.
Tremmel then filed a grievance against the news station, according to Mediabistro.com.
Meanwhile, supporters have set up a Facebook page and an online petition demanding WJAR take her back.
"(I) saw the video, she did nothing wrong," Eddie Brinkley wrote on Facebook. "Bring her back!"
"With so much depressing news on TV it is a refreshing change to see Julie's stories," said Johnna Mendoza on Facebook. "What's wrong with trying to get a giggle out of people?"
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